Buffalo vs Fredonia

A side-by-side comparison of Buffalo and Fredonia: population, income, housing, and more.

Buffalo and Fredonia are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fredonia has the higher population (2,113 vs 290 in Buffalo). Buffalo has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $61,250 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $35,800 in Buffalo).

Population, income & housing

	Buffalo	Fredonia
Population	290	2,113
Median age	34.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$61,250
Median home value	$35,800	$87,700
Median gross rent	$725	$712
Housing units	131	1,143
Homeownership rate	95.7%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffalo	Fredonia
Population	292 → 290 (-0.7%)	2,141 → 2,113 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $68,750 (+69.2%)	$44,178 → $61,250 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$38,900 → $35,800 (-8.0%)	$74,000 → $87,700 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$538 → $725 (+34.8%)	$695 → $712 (+2.4%)

Buffalo

Population

292290

Median household income

$40,625$68,750

Median home value

$38,900$35,800

Median gross rent

$538$725

Fredonia

Population

2,1412,113

Median household income

$44,178$61,250

Median home value

$74,000$87,700

Median gross rent

$695$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buffalo	Fredonia
Under 5	15.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	5.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.1%
75 and over	3.1%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffalo	Fredonia
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffalo	Fredonia
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	59.0%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffalo	Fredonia
Drove alone	92.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffalo	Fredonia
1-unit, detached	90.8%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Buffalo	Fredonia
Poverty rate	5.2%	19.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1938	1964